生活是一場被觀看的表演,我們無意識中演出著自己與他人腦海裡的劇本,這麼做 的原因,往往是為了得到他人的關愛。《床上的詩》討論女性受到社會中隱形規範的 形塑與壓抑,本文則分析「觀看」與「假裝」這兩個概念如何表現在《床上的詩》的 角色、空間、劇本上,並從心理學的角度,紀錄了創作者在「觀看」與「假裝」之間, 徘徊長達數年而生成的自我認同。 《床上的詩》捨棄鏡框式舞台,取消舞台和觀眾席的界線,讓觀眾直接走入角色所 在的房間,也取消觀眾和演員的界線,使觀眾成為他人生活的窺視者。文本上,兩個 演員在各自房間同時演出兩個劇本,觀眾必須自行選擇在演出進行的 70 分鐘內,想要 看到哪些部分、捨棄哪些部分。縮短的觀賞距離、打散的文本,希望透過這樣的方式 讓觀眾體驗到,作品所述不只是舞台上的故事,而是許多發生在現實世界中的事件。 期望藉由論文的書寫,找到「假裝」與真實自我之間的關聯──假裝並不假,它是 人類廣袤的想像與欲望的其中一個顯現;它也是一種巧妙的手段,幫助我們跳脫現實 的困境、用不同的角度看待自己。透過論文的紀錄,希望能對未來同類型的劇場作品、 在自我認同中掙扎的人們有所助益。
Life is an observed performance. We unconsciously play the scripts imprinted in brains of our own and others, craving for affection from people constantly. "Spit on the bed" discusses that females are molded and repressed by the hidden rules in society; this dissertation thus analyzes how the concepts of "seeing" and "pretending" are presented in the roles, stage space and script of "Spit on the bed." In addition, the dissertation delineates the creator's self-identity from the psychological perspective as it has formed through decade-long struggles between "seeing" and "pretending." "Spit on the bed" discards the proscenium stage and blurs boundaries between stage and auditorium, allowing the audience to enter rooms where roles perform. Also, it deletes the line separating the actors and audience, making the audience become observers of people's lives. Based on the scripts, two actors perform two different storylines at the same time in each independent room. During the 70-minute performance time, the audience have to select the parts they are interested in and the counterparts they feel comfortable to ignore. The shortened viewing distance and disorganized scripts are set for the audience to experience that a work is not only a narration of stories on the stage but many vivid incidents happening in the real world. I aspire to find the connection linking "pretending" and the real self through writing the dissertation as "pretending" is not faking but instead the presentation of immense imagination and desires of human beings. It is also a subtle approach to helping us escape the brutal realities and see ourselves from a different angle. Through the dissertation, I look forward to bringing inspirations to future theater works of the same type and people who are struggling with self- awareness.